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Sarah Olney vs Jeff Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Jeff Smith voted the same way 69% of the time, based on 921 shared comparable votes.

636 same votes 285 different votes 921 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 89 No
Migration 97% aligned 106 shared votes
16 Aye 90 No
20 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 24 No
Education 23% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
65 Aye 49 No
Tax 46% aligned 114 shared votes
76 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 17 No
Housing 48% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 50% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
629
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
535
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
14
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

146
+63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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